By Rose Cherian Vachaparampil Ithithanam, June 28, 2022: This year we had Christmas in May. It all started with the distribution of Covid-19 kits last year. We met the family of a daily laborer who was living in a one-room shed with his wife and daughter; they had knocked onContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, June 28, 2022: As per the dictionary the word civilization means ‘a state of developed, cultured human society.’ We need to understand it as a state where our thinking, talking and living are not corrupt; a state where people are innocent, simple, sincere and loving.Continue Reading
By M K George Rome, June 27, 2022: There is a pathetic scene in the Bible when Jesus was carrying the Cross-to Calvary, to be crucified there. Looking at the exhausted and pitiable face of Jesus, the women on the roadside cried. Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters ofContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, June 24, 2022: In 2018 I had an opportunity to attend the monthly meeting of domestic workers at Good Shepherd Convent, Andheri, Mumbai. There were 35 women, mostly young unmarried girls. Just two women were of middle aged and married. All of them belonged toContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Sancoale, June 22, 2022: Kiran Niketan is one of the social centers started by the Congregation of the Sisters of Holy Family of Nazareth. It is in Sancoale, Goa, established in 1986 on a plateau contaminated by the Birla Zuari fertilizer industries. Located at Lamani colony ofContinue Reading
By Celine Paramundayil Bhopal, June 23, 2022: That evening, our novice mistress was going out for a golden jubilee celebration and said, “Celine, can you show a motivational film to our novices?” I agreed, and reading from a list of the films we had, asked them which they wanted. TheyContinue Reading
By George Jacob Kochi, June 21, 2022: As the country observes Doctors’ Day on July 1, my tributes go out to a young doctor. She is a student pursuing Diplomate of the National Board in Anesthesiology in the hospital I work in. Being a student in a busy department, leavesContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, June 11, 2022: Lalita Beero, an unlettered and homebound homemaker from Mohana, a rural village of the Gajapati district of the eastern Indian state of Odisha, is a member of the diocesan synodal team of the Diocese of Berhampur. “I used to be very fearful,” sheContinue Reading
George Kannanthanam Bengaluru, June 4, 2022: When Jesus said “You are the light of the world” (Mt 5/14) more than 2000 years ago, I don’t know whether he ever imagined that some of his disciples would literally go around fixing lights in places where there is no light. This isContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, June 3, 2022: The just concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) would be fresh in people’s minds. Hence one cannot be faulted for presuming that this piece is about cricket! It isn’t. It’s not about red balls but about red hats, the red Berettas given to Cardinals. TheyContinue Reading